Former England and Newcastle star Paul Gascoigne has got into a war of words on twitter with a user claiming to be the former footballer.

Gazza, who now lives in Bournemouth, campaigned to Twitter to remove the user who went by the name of @gazzaofficial.

Close friend Steve Wraith, who has known the Gateshead-born star for a number of years, confirmed that the account had been impersonating the star for months and had amassed a huge following.

In a tweet the real Paul Gascoigne, who goes by the name @gazza8gascoigne said " I'm not happy but what can I do. I might leave tweeting for a bit. I've never lied and if you know me i'm as honest as they come"

Two Twitter trolls due to be sentenced today after admitting to sending death and rape threats to campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez have been warned by the judge that jail is "almost inevitable".

Isabella Sorley and John Nimmo pleaded guilty to sending menacing tweets on January 7, admitting they were among the users of 86 separate Twitter accounts from which Ms Criado-Perez had received abusive messages.

Sorley was warned by District Judge Howard Riddle that it is "almost inevitable" that she would receive a jail sentence following her attack on Ms Criado-Perez, who campaigned for a female figure to appear on a Bank of England note.

The judge also told Nimmo, described to the court as a "social recluse" who "rarely leaves his house", that "all options" as to his sentence remained open.

Isabella Sorley, 23 and John Nimmo, 25 used Twitter to threaten 29-year-old student and campaigner Caroline Criado-Perez with obscene messages that included death and rape threats following her campaign to ensure a woman featured on British bank notes.

Nimmo also targeted Stella Creasy, the Labour MP for Walthamstow, with the message "The things I cud do to u (smiley face)", calling her "Dumb blond bitch."

Two people from Tyneside have pleaded guilty to sending "menacing" tweets to a feminist campaigner, following her campaign to ensure a woman features on British banknotes.

25-year old John Nimmo, and 23-year old Isabella Sorley, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court, and admitted a charge of sending the messages in July last year to 29-year-old student Caroline Criado-Perez.

Nimmo from Moreland Road in South Shields and Sorley from Akenside House in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne sent the tweets after the Governor of the Bank of England revealed that author Jane Austen would replace Charles Darwin as the face of the £10 note.

The announcement was hailed as a "brilliant day for women" by Ms Criado-Perez who led a high profile campaign to ensure a female face on British banknotes in the wake of the Bank's announcement that Elizabeth Fry was to be dropped from the £5 note in favour of Winston Churchill.